A Decade of Children’s Access to Justice: Reflecting on the Tenth Anniversary of OPIC The CRC Committee marked OPIC's 10th anniversary, reflecting on its progress and future directions. Rehana Dole and Ton Liefaard • September 19, 2024
Fourth and fifth follow-up progress reports on individual communications. Overview of the trends and practices of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child as observed in the fourth and fifth follow-up progress reports Rehana Dole and Ton Liefaard • October 20, 2023
Open Letter on Climate Change For the first time, the Committee on the Rights of the Child has published a separate clarification specifically for children, in addition to its formal decision under OP3 in the recent climate change case Ton Liefaard • October 20, 2021
Landmark Decision Committee on Extraterritorial Jurisdiction The Committee on the Rights of the Child declares a complaint lodged against France on the protection of children in Northern Syria admissible, building on third party interventions. Ton Liefaard • November 11, 2020
Irregular Migrant Children and the Right to Education For the last two years, the 12 year old Moroccan girl N.S. from Melilla (Spain) had been fighting for her right to education by campaigning, demonstrating and by filing a complaint before the judicial administrative court. What happened after she had taken her complaint to Geneva? Ton Liefaard and Lisanne van Dijck • September 08, 2020
First follow-up progress report on individual communications The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has given insight in the follow up measures taken by State Parties after the first individual communications. How does the Committee assess the impact of the views adopted? Ton Liefaard • July 01, 2020